- (of interest, curiosity, etc.) excited or aroused:By the end of the talk the audience had tons of questions, and left with a piqued interest in the world of lion research.
- irritated and resentful, especially because of an injury to one’s pride:The Act triggered President Truman's piqued reaction: he found the bill "un-American" and vetoed it, but to no avail.
- (of pride, vanity, etc.) wounded: Unimaginable horrors often result from nothing more than a move to second place, a public embarrassment, or a piqued ego.
- the simple past tense and past participle of pique1.
